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Patent GB-189705341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Football and other Boots.
Inventor: STEVENS WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1897-02-27
Granted: 1897-10-23
Abstract: 5341. Stevens, W. H. Feb. 27. Uppers; stifeners.-In making hard leather toecaps for football, athletic, and other boots, only the embossed or ribbed portions a, a' are blocked to the shape of the toe of the last, the remaining portions a<2>, a<3>, a<4> being left flat to enable them to be easily sewn to the boot. The front portion a<1> is split, and a metal or other stiffener b inserted. When thin leather is used, and one or two layers cemented together, the stiffener is placed between two of the layers. The stiffener is perforated or is roughened to grip the leather.
Patent GB-189708636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Vacuum Railway Brakes.
Inventor: ALLEY STEPHEN
Filed: 1897-04-05
Granted: 1898-02-05
Abstract: 8636. Alley, S. April 5. Brakes, vacuum. Each vehicle has a valve-chest A connected to the train-pipe B and to pipes C, D leading respectively to the top and bottom of the brake cylinder. The ports F, G are controlled by ball valves H, K carried on a pivoted cradle M jointed to a rod N passing through and attached to the flexible diaphragm P. The rod N can be moved in and out by rocking the lever T pivoted to its outer end. When the brake is "on," there is air in the passages B, G, E, D and a vacuum in the pipe C. To release the brake during shunting operations, the cradle M is rocked to raise the ball H to admit air to the top of the brake cylinder. The valve K is for cutting off the valve-chest from the train-pipe when leakage exists in the valve-chest or brake cylinder.
Patent GB-189708831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements Appertaining to Spindles and Bobbins for use in connection with Machinery for Spinning and Winding Yarns or Threads of Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: HODSON CHARLES
Filed: 1897-04-07
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 8831. Hodson, C. April 7. Spindle apparatus.-For coupling the bobbin to the spindle, the cup or flange a for receiving the lower end of the bobbin is made square or some shape other than circular, the lower end of the bobbin being made of a corresponding shape. Double - flanged bobbins are made with central projections or recesses for a similar purpose. The flanges, when formed of metal, are made hollow or dish-shaped and filled with papier mÔchÚ, Wooden flanges are secured to the barrel by screwing, the screw-thread at one end of the barrel being right-handed and that at the other left-handed.
Patent GB-189709016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wave Motors.
Inventor: STAHL ALBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1897-04-08
Granted: 1897-05-15
Abstract: 9016. Stahl, A. W., and Gatewood, F. B. April 8. Wave mills.-The construction of the apparatus is based on the fact that the individual particles of water move in vertical circles, or vertical ellipses with horizontal major axes, according to the depth of the water, the circles and ellipses becoming gradually smaller as their distance from the surface increases. Fig. 2 shows the approximate area swept out by a vertical line of drops of water. The apparatus comprises a vane B, supported at about its centre of pressure by arms U, V on two levers f, g, adjustably pivoted at k, l and mounted on a turntable T. The difference between the forward and backward effect of the wave and the effect of currents may be compensated for by a spring or weight.
Patent GB-189713547-A (GB)
Title: Coin-freed Apparatus for Gas Meters.
Inventor: MADSEN LARS PETER VALDEMAR
Filed: 1897-06-01
Granted: 1898-05-14
Abstract: 13,547. Lake, H. H., [Madsen, L. P. V.]. June 1. Coin action.-When a slotted cylinder A, having a coin in it, is turned by a handle 1, a detent B, allowing only a limited play, is lifted and dropped upon ratchet teeth formed on the cylinder so as to prevent reversal. Gas meters.-A drum C geared by a reducing- train to a cylinder A displaces its own shaft longitudinally owing to the pin and oblique slot connection between them. The displacement of the shaft, acting through a bell crank E, opens the supply valve, and the meter drives the shaft until the pin re-enters the slot. A dial is attached to the hub of the drum and an index to the shaft.
Patent GB-189716555-A (GB)
Title: Pavements Lights with Prism Reflectors Supported on a Bed.
Inventor: EWEN JOHN MEIGGS
Filed: 1897-07-13
Granted: 1897-08-21
Abstract: 16,555. Ewen, J. M. July 13. Pavement-lights.-The rays of light pass through plane glass or prism pavement-lights, and are reflected along horizontal lines into the basement by inclined prism reflectors E.
Patent GB-189720029-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Automatically Turning Balls.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1897-08-31
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 20,029. Dymond, G. C., [Wiegand & Seifert]. Aug. 31. Lathes.-R e l a t e to lathes for turning balls by means of a cutter formed with semicircular and halfsemicircular grooves corresponding to the number and diameter of the balls simultaneously produced. The rod or wire is held at one end in a chuck P on a spindle driven by a band pulley Q and mounted in a sliding head B, and the other end of the rod &c. passes through a standard A. The head B with the rod &c. is advanced intermittently for a distance equal to the diameter of a ball by a guidescrew D, operated by gearing W<1>, W, and a pawl V' on a bell-crank lever linked to another bellcrank lever actuated by a cam U, which is driven by gearing from a shaft F, driven from the pulley Q and forming a guide for the head B. The tool H is fixed in a slide G advanced against the work at the required times by a link J connected to a lever carrying a roller bearing against an internal cam L driven by gearing from the shaft F. The link J is made in two parts connected by the screwed sleeve M to allow adjustment of the tool, and the rod &c. is supported against the thrust of the tool by a rest O.
Patent GB-189721576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches or Spanners.
Inventor: SILVER MEYER JOSEPH
Filed: 1897-09-21
Granted: 1898-08-20
Abstract: 21,576. Silver, M. J. Sept. 21. Spanners and wrenches. -The nut or pipe &c. is gripped between the jaw a fixed to the handle and the jaw d carried by a stem sliding in a groove in the handle and beneath the cover-plate e. Teeth d' behind the jaw d engage with a projection h<1> on the lever h pivoted between fixed lugs g. The lever h is first moved outwards to free the jaw d, and after the jaw has been adjusted, the handle and lever are pressed together and the jaws are clamped against the work.
Patent GB-189726413-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Circus Performances.
Inventor: SCHUMANN ALBERT
Filed: 1897-11-12
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 26,413. Schumann, A. Nov. 12. Circuses; theatrical appliances.-A bed or sofa for a performing horse or other animal is mounted on wheels, and provided at one end with a cushion against which the animal pushes with its head in order to wheel the bed into the arena. The animal fetches a mattress, pillow, and counterpane, and after getting into bed pulls a handle or cloth C at the end of a rope attached to a catch which holds a board B in a concealed position. This board is marked with an inscription such as good night,' and is forced upwards by a spring or weight when the catch is withdrawn.
Patent GB-189727699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Inflating and Deflating Football Bladders, Cycle and Carriage Pneumatic Tyre Tubes, and the like.
Inventor: HARRISON JASPER
Filed: 1897-11-25
Granted: 1898-01-29
Abstract: 27,699. Harrison, J. Nov. 25. Tyres, pneumatic, inflating - valves for. The pneumatic tube a is gripped between the head c of a stem b having a screw thread on the outside, and a washer d held in position by a nut e. The stem is formed with a shoulder g forming a bearing for the spring n which forces upwards the valve spindle l, causing the valve i to bear against the valve face h in the stem, and so prevent escape of air. To inflate the tyre, a nut p is screwed upon the end of the stem and an inflator stem g screwed therein as shown so that a conical end q<1> thereof bears upon the top of the valve spindle and forces the valve open. When inflated, the inflator and nut p are removed and a covering-cap which enters the opening is screwed on to the end of the valve spindle, whereby the valve is drawn up positively against its seat.
Patent GB-189727811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hurricane Lamps.
Inventor: WEST CLEMENT
Filed: 1897-11-26
Granted: 1898-01-29
Abstract: 27,811. West, C. Nov. 26. Lighting oil lamps, raising and shifting galleries for. - The chimney d is supported at its bottom end by the gallery c, and its top end is embraced by wire e which is turned down and cranked as shown and connected to the gallery. The chimney, wire frame, and gallery may be raised by means of the pivoted lever f. The part a<4> of the top of the lantern is hinged so that it may be turned back w h e n removing the chimney.
Patent GB-189728960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pushes for Electric Bells and the like.
Inventor: STAVELEY ALWYN WALTER
Filed: 1897-12-07
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 28,960. Staveley, A. W., and Parsons, I. H., [trading as Gent & Co.]. Dec. 7. Electric-bell pulls and pushes.-A push for electricbell circuits has a barrel b soldered to the front plate a. Two cups c, j are secured to the outer end of the barrel by a screw k. A headed screw d is insulated from the cup c and serves as one terminal, the wire being gripped by nuts f, g. The spring push-button i has a pin h passing through the cup j, so that, by pushing in the button, the circuit is completed through the screw d, pin h, and cup j to the second terminal k. The device may be arranged as a pull, the pin h being normally drawn inwards by a spring, thus keeping two spring contacts apart, these spring contacts completing the circuit when the pin is pulled outwards by a knob.
Patent GB-189801033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filters.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1898-01-13
Granted: 1898-11-19
Abstract: 1033. Boult, A. J., [Delsol, E. L.]. Jan. 13. Pocket &c. filters. - The filter consists of a casing A, with a discharge-tube C which penetrates the filtering-material, and a cover D for the casing when the filter is not in use. The filter may be fixed in a soldier's flask or the like, with the tube C projecting through a cork ; or it may be arranged as a floating domestic filter, or in other ways. Filtering-media; water, purifying. -The filtering-medium consists of wool, peat, hemp, or flax prepared by saturating it with permanganate of potassium, washing it in water, boiling it in a second bath of the permanganate, immersing it in alcohol at 90‹, and finally washing it, whereby it is rendered capable of reducing any excess of the permanganate of potassium which has previously been used in sterilizing the water.
Patent GB-189802756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Forming or Weaving Selvages.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
Filed: 1898-02-03
Granted: 1898-12-10
Abstract: 2756. Hollingworth, E., and Stephenson, J. E. Feb. 3. Looms, forming selvages in.-For making the inner selvages of slit-up fabrics the needles 26, 27 for inserting the selvage threads 30, 31 are carried by levers 20, 21, which are pivoted on studs 22, 23 on a sliding carriage 8 operated by a spring 25, and are provided with inclined slots 18, 19 to engage with bowls 10, 11 on a spring slide 4. The slide 4 is movable longitudinally within the limits of the slots 16, 17 in the bracket 1, and is operated to withdraw the needles by the beat-up motion of the lay. Fingers 34, 35 for holding the selvage loops in position are pivoted on a stud 32 on the carriage 8, and are withdrawn by a cam surface engaging with a recess in the bracket 1. One half of the mechanism may be used for forming outer selvages.
Patent GB-189806329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Expanding Cranks for Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: LICHTENSTEIN SALOMAN
Filed: 1898-03-15
Granted: 1898-05-14
Abstract: 6329. Lichtenstein, S., and Schroter, P. March 15. Cranks, variable-throw. Relates to an arrangement of mechanism whereby a variable-throw crank for cycles and other vehicles is obtained. Eccentric discs a are fixed on the cross-bar b, so as to be capable of rotation, and upon each of these discs is mounted upon balls or by other similar means a strap d. The strap d is provided with a shoulder e to which is fixed the pedal f, which can move in the slot of the crank o fixed to the crank axle k. A slot l is formed in the disc a adapted to receive a block through which the axle k passes. By this eccentric mounting a variable-throw crank is obtained, and by means of the screw p the discs a can be adjusted so as to alter the eccentricity. A modification is described in which the eccentric strap is fixed, and the disc to which is attached the crank revolves. The crank is connected to the chain-wheel which runs loosely upon ball bearings.
Patent GB-189807135-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Wall Plug.
Inventor: BEYER FRITZ
Filed: 1898-03-24
Granted: 1898-05-07
Abstract: 7135. Beyer, F. March 24. Screw sockets for walls. A retaining - tube b is tapered, outwardly flared, and slit longitudinally at one end e, which is expanded within a hole in the wall by a coned nut a when the screw d is driven in. For hanging pictures, a grooved ring or head c is combined with the screw or tube, or the screw may pass through the ring, switchboard, or other article. On loosening the screw the plug can be withdrawn.
Patent GB-189809399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ring and Roller Bushes for the Sheaves employed in Ships' Rigging and for other similar purposes.
Inventor: PETERKIN JAMES
Filed: 1898-04-23
Granted: 1899-02-25
Abstract: 9399. Peterkin, J. April 23. Pulley-blocks.-Relates to a method of fitting roller bushes to sheaves used for ship' rigging and other purposes. In the centre of the sheave a flanged tube A is secured by screws B. The rollers are secured between a flange a<1> on this tube and a ring D so that they can be readily removed for renewal &c.
Patent GB-189811590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Testing Drains and the like.
Inventor: HAMMOND WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1898-05-23
Granted: 1898-10-29
Abstract: 11,590. Hammond, W. H. May 23. Testin g.-A suitable chemical is enclosed in a glass &c. bulb A in the neck of which is screwed a nipple C. The bulb may be enclosed in a rubber bag B. When about to be used, the top D is cut off and the bulb connected by a flexible tube to an air pump, when it is washed into the drain to be tested and exploded by air pressure. The top D may be screwed on, or the bottom of the nipple covered by a rubber cap F. The bulb A may be dispensed with, and the outer bag B of rubber, gelatine, &c. only employed.
Patent GB-189816653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: STACKIG JOHAN AUGUST
Filed: 1898-07-30
Granted: 1898-10-15
Abstract: 16,653. Stõckig, J. A., and Carlson, O. July 30. Pendulum-weight apparatus; indicating - mechanism. -In weighing- machines in which the load is suspended from a band passing round a counterweighted rolling cylinder, the recording-pointer is caused to move through uniform distances corresponding to the charge of the load. The lever 3, carried by a pin fixed to the centre of the rolling cylinder 1, actuates the bell crank 4, 5 pivoted to the framing, and the arm 5 carries a toothed segment 6 gearing with the pinion 7 attached to the pointer 8. The motion of the bell crank may be transmitted by friction rollers or by a pulley or cord, or in some cases the pointer may be attached to the bell crank.
Patent GB-189819770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metallic Mantles for Gas Burners.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1898-09-17
Granted: 1899-04-22
Abstract: 19,770. Boult, A. J., [Verbeke, E.]. Sept. 17. Gas stoves.-A mantle for an incandescent burner for heating consists of woven or intermeshed wires formed of alloys of platinum, iridium, rhodium, and palladium. When the gas burned has a pressure not exceeding one hundred millimetres, the warp wires may consist of platinum 88 per cent., iridium 10 per cent., and rhodium 2 per cent., while the weft wires may consist of platinum 90 per cent., iridium 5 per cent., rhodium 2 per cent., and palladium 3 per cent. When the gas is under pressure, the wires are composed of platinum 85 per cent., iridium 12 per cent., and rhodium 3 per cent. These mantles are used on bunsen burners such as described in Specification No. 20,273, A.D. 1898.
Patent GB-189823743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Noble's Combing Machines.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1898-11-11
Granted: 1899-11-11
Abstract: 23,743. Whitehead, J. H., and Layland, W. E. Nov. 11. Combing-machines.-Relates to means whereby the shafts 2 of the drawing-off rollers may be adjusted with regard to the comb circles without disturbing the adjustment of the gearing by which they are driven. Adjustable links 9 are used for connecting the driving-shaft 1 with the first of a pair of intermediate shafts 4, and the shafts 4 with the shafts 2 of the drawing off rollers. The shafts 4 are carried by plates provided with slots and bolts for adjusting purposes ; and the plates 14<A> of the drawing-off rollers are also adjustable as shown. The Provisional Specification states that the wheels may be provided with concentric rings or stop pieces, to facilitate their being placed correctly in gear with one another.
Patent GB-189826620-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Article of Manufacture for Shaping or Fortifying the Shoulders of Garments.
Inventor: GOLDMAN GUSTAV
Filed: 1898-12-16
Granted: 1899-01-28
Abstract: 26,620. Goldman, G. Dec. 16. Shoulder pads.-Fig. 1 shows a perspective view, and Fig. 2 an underside plan view, of one form of pad A made from a single piece of felt or the like. It is cut along curved lines to the shape shown, and is provided along its upper surface with straight cuts a<5> and with a series of tapered triangular openings a<3> on its under surface. A. single pad may be built up of two or more such pads as described above.
Patent GB-189903194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: NIELL MAGNUS
Filed: 1899-02-13
Granted: 1900-01-13
Abstract: 3194. NiÞll, M. Feb. 13. Cameras; roller slides; lamps, actinic. -Relates to a camera which is automatically extended by springs into the working position and is combined with a flash lamp. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of the camera extended by the spring toggle-lever e,f. The arms i and h, which act as a view-finder, are at the same time raised into the erect position by springs. The spools m, Fig. 2, of the roller slide are held by curved springs q instead of bearings, to facilitate the removal of the spools. In the flash lamp, Fig. 6, the magnesium or like powder is stored in a receptacle t, from which a charge passes into the channel v. When the lid x is relieved, it flies open with a spring, spreading out a fan 1 behind the lamp. When the camera shutter is released, a pin actuated from the shutter lever is forced through an opening 3, and releases a small tension device which strikes on a detonator and ignites the flash powder.
Patent GB-189906269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lamp Holders.
Inventor: HALL ROBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1899-03-23
Granted: 1899-04-29
Abstract: 6269. Hall, R. F. March 23. Incandescent lamps, holders for. A cylindrical insulator b, shown in section, has a raised central part f, two cylindrical recesses to receive plunger carriers c, and two side grooves to receive projections in the metal socket a for preventing rotation. An insulating-cap g is held upon the top of the insulator b by the upper part a<3> of the case, which screws on the socket a. The raised part f and the cap g are grooved to receive the flexible conductors d. The plunger carriers c have halfcylindrical upper portions, with circular recesses and screws c<4> to hold the conductors ; their lower portions are screw-threaded to carry caps e<2> by which flanged hollow plungers e and springs are retained. The plungers only project through holes in the insulator b. A shade-carrying ring h is screwed on the socket a.
Patent GB-189907276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture and Packing of Matches.
Inventor: COBBAERT LOUIS
Filed: 1899-04-06
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 7276. Cobbaert, L. April 6. Measured quantities, delivering.-In a match-box filling machine, a holding-plate C, carrying the matches in perforations, is placed in vertical guides, and held frictionally by springs n, while it is lowered step-by-step by teeth on its edges being engaged by pawls on a vertical slider w, reciprocated by a short-stroke eccentric. Another eccentric reciprocates a horizontal slider z having pins to enter register holes in the holding-plate C, and to eject the matches therefrom. The matches fall into a row of boxes carried in a tray W on a balanced support W<4>, which may be lowered to allow the tray and filled boxes to be removed laterally from the machine. Trays filled with empty boxes are placed in a vertical guide W', from which the lowest one can be pushed forward to the support W<4> by a horizontal slider W<2>, operated by racks, pinions, and a handle W<3>.
Patent GB-189912661-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Rings for Metallic Pistons and the like.
Inventor: OLDHAM THOMAS
Filed: 1899-06-17
Granted: 1900-04-28
Abstract: 12,661. Oldham, T., and Oldham, F. June 17. Springs, making.-Relates to spring rings for pistons and the like made by coiling a long bar of metal round a cylinder. A bar of rolled metal is reduced by cutting or planing to a form that will produce the ring shown in Fig. 6, when bent in a cold state by means of three bending-rolls and then opening out the coils.
Patent GB-189918890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Lighting Devices.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1899-09-19
Granted: 1899-10-21
Abstract: 18,890. Haddan, R., [Oliver, J. W.]. Sept. 19. Lighting oil lamps.- To allow the lamp to be lit without removing the chimney or globe, the wick-tube F is formed with a hole E, so that a torch H of asbestos or other material may normally rest against and absorb oil from the wick. By pivoting the torch holder D at B to an arm C on the lamp, the torch H may be swung out clear of the gallery and ignited, and then returned to the position shown in Fig. 1 to ignite the wick I.
Patent GB-189924118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks for Doors and the like.
Inventor: KOSSOV PETER
Filed: 1899-12-04
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 24,118. Kossov, P., Wischew, W., Sofronow, P., and Naoumoff, F. Dec. 4. Locks, key.-Relates to locks of the kind described in Specification No. 25,730, A.D. 1898. In the operation of the lock a barrel a has to be rotated by a key of thin sheet steel passed through a keyhole i, the key having a number of perforations which engage corresponding projections x<1> on the barrel a. In order to prevent the barrel a from being rotated by a wire or the like, a pawl a' is pivoted to the barrel at b<2>, and is acted upon by a spring a<3> so as to make it engage a recess l<2> in the barrel chamber. When the proper key is used, however, it engages a pin a' so as to withdraw the pawl. More than one of such pawls may be mounted in the barrel in order to give additional security.
Patent GB-190002081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ticket Punches.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON ALFRED
Filed: 1900-02-01
Granted: 1900-11-24
Abstract: 2081. Williamson, A. Feb. 1. Drawings to Specification. Locks, key, for ticket punches. The casing of the punch slides into a grooved plate attached, say, to the conductor's satchel, and fastens by a spring snap. The cover slides over the front of the casing, aud is looked by a leaf spring engaging a notch ; this spring can be pushed back by an instrument inserted in an aperture which is closed by a seal.